NintendoLife writes:
"Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is a great dungeon crawling game that is not only superior to its predecessor, but one of the best titles on the Nintendo DS. The same certainly cannot be said about its console counterpart: practically identical to the DS outing, the console version is nothing but a quick cash-in for Square Enix. At the end of the day, it shouldn't be difficult to see that the Nintendo DS version is certainly the way to go if you're planning on picking up the game. Unless you don't have a DS, you shouldn't really consider spending your money on this one."
Graham Russell: "Generally, when you’re looking to play a game with friends, it’s much easier to do it on a home console. With portables, each player usually needs a system, and most need a copy of the game (and maybe some funky cables, if you go back enough). Generally, people haven’t bothered to take advantage of the technology. Of course, if you’re a crazy person like me, that’s more of an incentive than a barrier."
SPC: "Last week began the five week series of what I perceive to be the 50 best Nintendo DS games of the system's exhaustive library... This week we delve into ten more top titles for the Nintendo DS, one of the best-selling dedicated gaming platforms of all time, currently at around 150 million units worldwide across all revisions. On these ten titles for this week, we have a menagerie of memorable characters and series like Mario, Mega Man, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Remember that these games must have released in North America to be on this list. With that out of the way, are you ready for round two?"
Gaming Gauge writes:"It’s not a secret that I’m a massive fan of Square Enix’s Crystal Chronicles series, and oddly enough it was the second DS entry, Echoes of Time, that really cemented the series as one of my favourites. This was because it took the addictive multiplayer action online and really concentrated on making the experience natural and easy. There unfortunately hasn’t been a new entry in that style since then(fingers crossed there’s a new one at E3) but I was very excited when I heard that Square Enix was working with n-space on a new online dungeon crawling, hacking and slashing adventure for the 3DS; finally something to satisfy my hunger! My thought immediately went to how Square Enix should concentrate on this ease of use again and what lessons they should take away from Echoes of Time."
That is the absolute wrong image.
SO basically he gives it a 5 because its actually the DS version ported to the Wii.
" Unless you don’t have a DS, you shouldn’t really consider spending your money on this one."
Why? it allows you to play with tons of people who do have a DS or the Wii version.
Meh, you can say it looks bad, but saying you shouldn't get it is just off.
Why? I completely agree with the guy. It's a lazy cash-in. If they beefed up the graphics to make it acceptable on the Wii, then maybe the purchase would be justified. By buying it, you're telling developer, "Yes, please make games that are subpar!"